Thumbs Up Like + Share this Video! Click here for more Tibet News www.youtube.com - Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Broadcast: 09/10/2012. Reporter: Stephen McDonell News Link: www.abc.net.au In the last year, nearly 50 Tibetans have died after setting themselves on fire in protest at Chinese rule and we have rare footage of what is happening there, but be warned this story contains disturbing images. Transcript LEIGH SALES, PRESENTER: In the remotest regions of China, inhabited by the country's Tibetan minority, an appalling uprising is under way. In the past year more than 50 monks have died after setting themselves on fire to protest against government repression. Their uprising is mostly hidden from public view because journalists and TV cameras are usually barred from visiting either the Tibetan Autonomous Region or the neighbouring provinces. But China correspondent Stephen McDonell travelled undercover to western China to prepare this report. And a warning: this story contains images of self-immolation. STEPHEN MCDONELL, REPORTER: In the remote Tibetan regions of western China, there is much that haven't changed for centuries. But behind these tranquil scene there's are simmering tensions. Some Tibetans are so disenchanted with Chinese rule that their protests are taking a shocking and extreme form. After dousing themselves in flammable liquids, more than 50 people - mostly young monks - have set themselves on fire. In the last 12 months at least 42 have died ...

• published: 09 Oct 2012
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